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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours does and there isn't bullying and badmouthing going on galore. Meaningful.[/quote]

I think at the end of the day, if a school has a group of 5 girls who are bullying and excluding one kid, the school has to look at the economics of it.  Do they potentially lose $35,000 tuition x 5 girls (plus donations) or one kid at just $35,000.  In a public school, these considerations are not relevant but in a private school they are.

I also want to point out that if you have a kid that you think is of above average intelligence or excels in a particular area and therefore, think that private is a good fit, sometimes that is not the right option.  Some kids are in private because the parents are wealthy and want them in a more controlled and sanitized environment that prevents them from being exposed to the real world.  With that [I]sometimes[/I] comes an environment which includes children who do not have the best social skills, lack empathy and are used to a home environment where there are no or minimal consequences for negative behavior.  I don't know how you root out schools that have this issue but I have found that smaller schools tend to have this this problem more than bigger schools.  In many ways, your public might be a better option because of the wide variety of personality types available to choose as friends.  Also, with neighborhood schools, parents know each other and it's easier and beneficial to address these issues given everyone is part of the same community.[/quote]

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